Climate Change Projections for the Twenty-First Century and Climate Change Commitment in the CCSM3

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 19; no. 11; pp. 2597 - 2616
• Main Authors: Meehl, Gerald A., Washington, Warren M., Santer, Benjamin D., Collins, William D., Arblaster, Julie M., Hu, Aixue, Lawrence, David M., Teng, Haiyan, Buja, Lawrence E., Strand, Warren G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.06.2006
• Subjects: Atmospheric models; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Global climate models; Global warming; Marine; Oceans; Sea ice; Sea level; Sea level rise; Soil water; PN, Arctic; IS, Tropical Pacific

Climate change scenario simulations with the Community Climate System Model version 3 (CCSM3), a global coupled climate model, show that if concentrations of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) could have been stabilized at the year 2000, the climate system would already be committed to 0.4°C more warming b...